Johnnie Mercers Fishing Pier — Attraction in Wrightsville Beach

As a pier, it's a cool place to go and the cost if $2/adult and $1/kid to walk on the pier is reasonable. Everyone we met there was really nice. The only thing preventing me from giving it a five star rating 8s the fact that everything in the gift shop was really waaaaayyy overpriced. I found many of the items in other stores for much less. We only purchased a couple of items for our immediate use, then went to the other stores to purchase the rest at a lower rate. We were able to walk to the end of the pier and watch fishermen fish for King Mackeral. They were cooking it right on the pier and gave the grandsons a sample of it. They thought it was tasty! We did see many, many hooks laying abandoned/dropped/discarded on the pier, just waiting for a bare foot to find it, along with some brand new hooks on leaders laying around. We picked up what was good and handed it off to people fishing and what was trash, we threw away. We were extremely sad at how much discarded fishing line was just laying on the pier and not placed in trash receptacles. We picked up all we found and placed it in the trash bins so it wouldn't end up in the ocean and harm marine life. It was fascinating for the 7 and 4 year olds to see the ocean from that height and to be able to see the occasional fish, or bird going after a fish, from that vantage point! They were excited! Next time we are at Wrightsville Beach, we may even let the boys try their hand at fishing from the pier. We'll definitely visit and...

Love Wrightsville Beach,but parking at Johnnie Mercer Pier is a RIPP OFF, $35.50 to park for the day is Ridiculous. Been going there for a long time and i come from Fuquay Varina to enjoy Wrightsville Beach. But the parking amount is crazy!!!! Cost gas from where i live then got to pay another nearly $40.00 to park!!!? What ever. !!!! Want be coming back too bad Wrightsville Beach has gotta Rip people off just to park and enjoy our coast!!! Good luck with your Parking Ripp off and you will be seeing a decline of people returning there to enjoy the day at Johnnie Mercer pier to enjoy a day at the Beach ⛱️⛱️. Really disappointed !!!!! Park on with your high rate Parking Wrightsville Beach. Want be back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Parents are from Leland and i remember going to Wrightsville Beach as a Kid. Don't get me wrong the showers and Bathrooms are very clean and convenient ,but still not worth rhe Parking FEES!!! Crazy!!!!! Didnt say anything about the pier its rhe cost parking there stated Wrightsville Beach thats in control of the parking is a Ripp Off. Just wanted to make it clear that the pier hasn't anything to do with the parking okay !!! But still want be back hurting your Pier...

Researched dinner (hoping for crab legs), and breakfast spots on the way to our Anniversary trip destination, and found this to be most raved about breakfast spot, and listed Fabulous Prices! We got there, paid $25 for parking for the whole day, and then went in to fund they do Not serve Any breakfast, just haven't updated the website since A YEAR AGO! GRRRR! On a Positive note, they were friendly, sell really nice things, have a pier you can walk and fish from, and the beach around it had some nice Shells and I found several sharks teeth even. Oh, and they have clean, convenient bathrooms for the public, in a building right at the end of the parking lot. We also found out that the same people that own this paid parking lot, own all of the same paid parking lots in Wrightsville Beach area and the payment follows the car tag, so we can park anywhere in any of them if we want to beach spot hop. We did get a really soft, great flavored biscuit at Roger's Grocery. Hubby got me a chicken one for about $3 and a bacon and egg one for about $2.50, to make it a chicken/egg...